MERCHANDISE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

The Merchandise Product Development Program prepares students for a career in merchandising established fashion brands. The curriculum focuses on planning, developing, and presenting product lines, and on the technical design of individual styles within the line. Students learn to compete successfully in trend analysis, strategic planning, line development, and preproduction planning.

What Our Students Learn

In our program, students learn how to analyze and apply trends in color, fabric, and style for design development, as well as the techniques to create specifications for how garments are made.

Why FIDM

Students live and breathe a brand in the classroom to prepare them for their careers. Speakers from top companies (think Zara, Topshop, 7 For All Mankind, TOMS Shoes, ModCloth, Old Navy, and Halston) come onsite for Q&A panels and lectures. Our field trips give behind-the-scenes tours of trend offices, working factories, and showrooms. Students graduate from the program having created a portfolio of work for a variety of companies, products, and brands.

Our graduates have exciting careers all over the globe in countries like Brazil, Italy, England, Korea, the Netherlands, and China.